• DocumentCode
    2449391
  • Title

    Aspects of Statistical Radar Polarimetry

  • Author

    Boerner, Wolfgang-Martin

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    26-29 Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    A comparison between the Kennaugh matrix and the covariance matrix formulation of second-order moment radar polarimetry reveals fundamental relationships between power and variance aspects of bistatic and monostatic radar scattering from randomly distributed targets.
  • Keywords
    covariance matrices; radar polarimetry; radar theory; Kennaugh matrix; bistatic radar scattering; covariance matrix formulation; monostatic radar scattering; randomly distributed targets; second-order moment radar polarimetry; statistical radar polarimetry; Backscatter; Covariance matrix; Electromagnetic scattering; Matrix decomposition; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Radar polarimetry; Radar scattering; Random variables; Symmetric matrices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas, Propagation & EM Theory, 2006. ISAPE '06. 7th International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Guilin
  • Print_ISBN
    1-4244-0162-3
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1-4244-0163-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISAPE.2006.353502
  • Filename
    4168163